Tome of Knowledge
The Tome of Knowledge or ToK is a virtual record of all the player’s progress through WAR, various entries in the ToK are “unlocked” and expand to add more information about something as the player’s character experiences them. The Tome of Knowledge is presented as a vast book which appears on the Player’s screen. The ToK contains entries for the Background of Warhammer; a complete log of Quests the player is on or has completed; a complete bestiary of all mobs in the game - and how many of each the player has killed; a complete list of all NPCs in the game and information about them; and even unlocks for trivial things such as finding an out-of-the-way area, or clicking on yourself 100 times.
Tome of Knowledge subcategories
The Tome of Knowledge is divided into 7 different subcategories:
- Legends and Leaders
- Noteworthy Persons
- Grand Atlas
- Bestiary Guide
- Arms and Armor
- Lore and History
- Warfare
By progressing through the game and meeting different monsters and NPCs, the player will fill up the Tome of Knowledge with information about the game world.
Rewards From the Tome
The tome of knowledge will grant multiple types of rewards, including:
- Experience points
- Lore Rewards, which are background texts added to the tome about the achievement
- Titles pertaining to the achievement (such as the title “Dwarf Slayer” for slaying 100 Dwarfs)
- Abilities, probably pertaining to the achievement (such as an ability that is especially powerful against Dwarfs after you’ve killed 150 Dwarfs)
- Bragging rights. A special section of your Tome of Knowledge is available for other players to see, allowing them to bask in the glory of your achievements.
Impact on Questing
Because the Tome of Knowledge will track all of the kills a player makes throughout their career, it is possible to complete a kill collector quest before even meeting the quest NPC that assigns the quest. If you have met the requirement for such a quest before attaining it, you will be rewarded properly. This is shown as an incentive for players to kill every sort of mob they see as “somebody somewhere will want them DEAD, STUFFED and MOUNTED!”